281 A.D. 915 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1953
Appeal by the employer and its insurance carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which determined that claimant’s injuries arose out of and in the course of her employment. While claimant was combing her hair preparatory to going to lunch, she struck her left eye with the comb, causing an injury to the cornea. The board has found that the injury was sustained “ while in her office dictating and combing her hair ”. There is no evidence whatever in the record that claimant was dictating or doing any other work for the employer at the time. Although she was a witness,